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OG Dragon Ball 79 & 80 Full Reaction

🕑 Added 2025-09-18 19:00:11 +0000 UTC

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Bethany and Ken

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Bethany and Ken

Thank you for this reminder!

Bethany and Ken

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Bethany and Ken

Ooooo, like that quote!

Bethany and Ken

😂

Peril Noodle

Am I the only one that every time Ken counts down "3, 2, 1" hears "let's jam"?

REDE

The amount of time Goku spends urinating throughout the series is adding up. Not really all that funny, R Kelly prolly got a chuckle tho.

REDE

Yeah come back in 5 years after their fanbase has forced them to watch every anime in existence first lol.

JT

Just coming back real quick to drop off this new DB Daima DLC trailer for Sparking Zero: https://youtu.be/RsrbOrCaTBU?si=2RnV0onJ7OINE-bK

Edwin Wiredu

I know Ben 10 won't win, but I have to vote for it. That show raised me man

James Cusco

Sometimes filler is fun, sometimes it's not. These episodes are good ones.

Knight Spearhead

Except this show was long before Death note was even a thought.

Knight Spearhead

The Phantom Star technique that you said was all fancy at the end that goku did is what Chen taught him when you said "it was just a kick" lol.

Knight Spearhead

Chen wouldnt let goku fight at first cause he is honorable unlike the dragons who dont care for honor, the classic scales of "if we fight like them we will become them"

Dorian Cantu

Basically, the reason the gourd is never brought up again is because this episode is pretty much just filler/non-canon so in the primary canon (the manga) Toriyama never had any reason or need to reference it since this whole thing is just all Toei's stuff to fill in space until the next arc begins. But Monster Carrot is canon however so yeah there's no in universe reason for that not being mentioned again. Though tbf that whole episode was just a set-up gag for the punchline at the end (referencing the japanese children's folktale) where they make mochi on the moon (until Roshi blew their ass up lol)

Asuka Yousei 妖精帝國

The gourd is also Wukong the Monkey king Journey to the West mythology. Remember Akira Toriyama was HEAVILY known to be obsessed with two stories. The story of Wukong & Super Sentai which is the original Power Rangers show here in Japan. So literally 78% of Dragon Ball Especially OG DB is influenced by the mythology of Son Wukong. I.E. the letters in Goku's name being from "Wukong", Goku's tale, the Nimbus cloud etc. In japanese Goku is called "Son" or "Son Goku" a lot. These are very popular tales in Japan. Also how ironic that Dragon Ball had an epic journey to the west in pop culture.

Yoshitsune92

The gourd is basically a “Death Note.” You just need their name and it’s gg’s lol

JT

So yeah, this little filler train is pretty much all just Toei's way of creating a buffer so the manga could continue ahead steadily. Not always a fan of how Toei drags things out OGDB, but this "mini arc" feels a lot less shoehorned than other filler episodes/scenes. In the manga, the three year time skip between the Fortuneteller Baba arc and the next one was nothing more than that - a time skip. What Goku did during those three years was mostly left up to interpretation. A rather smart move of Toei to use the chance to fill in the blanks and help the world of Dragon Ball feel a bit more lived in.

JT

I mean, it's a fun and charming little side story that Toei added in. Helps the time skip between the last arc and the next to feel a little more like a journey. Might not be very meaningful or impactful to the main story, but it's nice for what it is.

JT

Terror and Plague (known as "Kinkaku" and "Ginkaku" in Japanese) are supposedly based off of a couple of characters from Journey to the West. That of which being the two demon king brothers Great King Kinkaku and Great King Ginkaku. The Gourd of Mist is likely inspired by the Crimson Gourd that the demon king brothers used to suck in their opponents and melt them down.